Abstract:
The research is an in-depth critical analysis of the
different substance abuse prevention programs implemented
by selected government, quasi-government agencies and
non-government organizations active in the campaign of
prevention the past five years (1994-1998).
It discusses the prevention strategies and
organizational structure of each government, quasigovernment
and non-government organization's program.
Several local and foreign studies done on the problem of
substance abuse prevention were cited along with the
national government’s previous effort.
Administrative responses adopted of each program
leaders, to minimize if not eradicate the substance abuse
problem were measured in view of the study's hypothesis,
the greater the occurrence of substance abuse in
the country, the greater will be the manifestation
of the government and concerned
citizens/organizations response to cure and
control the problem, the greater efforts would not
result to success unless a well-coordinated long term
prevention plan and an active involvement of
all sectors of the society was put into place. The study found out that all sample
organizations had preventive programs related to
substance abuse. However, the efforts exerted
among the organizations were not comparable. The
failure of preventive programs can be attributed
to the lack of coordination among various stake
holders that involves government agencies, NGO's,
private industries and general population.
